[G] In a bar in Toledo across from the depot, on a barstool, she took off her [D7] ring. I [Am] thought I'd get closer so [D7] I walked on over. I [Am] sat down and [D7] asked her [G]name
When the [G] drinks finally hit her she said "I'm no quitter, but I finally quit [G7] livin' on [C] dreams. I'm [D7] hungry for laughter and here ever after, I'm after whatever the other life [G] brings"
[G] In the mirror, I saw him and I closely watched him, I thought how he looked out of [D7] place. He [Am] came to the woman who [D7] sat there beside me. He [Am] had a strange [D7] look on his [G] face
His [G] big hands were calloused, he looked like a mountain. For a minute I [G7] thought I was [C] dead. But [D7] he started shaking, his big heart was breaking. He turned to the woman and [G] said
[G] "You picked a fine time to leave me, [C] Lucille. With [C] four hungry children, and a crop in the [G] field. [C] I've had some bad times, lived through some sad times
But this time your hurting won't [G] heal. You picked a [D7] fine time to leave me, [G] Lucille"
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[A] After he left us, I ordered more whiskey. I thought how she'd made him look [E7] small. From the [Bm] lights of the barroom to a [E7] rented hotel room, we [Bm] walked without [E7] talking at [A] all
[A] She was a beauty but when she came to me, she [A7] must have thought I'd lost my [D] mind. [E7] I couldn't hold her. The words that he told her, kept coming back time after [A] time.
[CHORUS] . . . [A] "You picked a fine time to leave me, [D] Lucille. With [D] four hungry children and a crop in the [A] field. [D] I've had some bad times, lived through some sad times, but this time your hurting won't [A] heal. You picked a [E7] fine time to leave me, [A] Lucille"
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You picked a [E7] fine time to leave me, [A] Lucille."
